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Earp California Map

Explore Earp, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Earp, California

How to Use This Earp, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Earp, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Earp.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Earp
State	California (CA)
County	San Bernardino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.164738
Longitude	-114.301063
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92242
Area Code	714
County Seat	San Bernardino

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About Earp, California

Earp is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Earp is located at 34.1647°N, 114.3011°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92242.

Earp occupies a parched stretch of earth where the Colorado River carves a slow, muddy ribbon through the desert floor. It lies 41.9 miles north-northeast of Blythe, CA (from Blythe, CA: bearing 24°T), and is situated 1.2 miles northwest of Parker. The landscape surrounding Earp remains defined by the relentless intensity of the sun, which bleaches the creosote and saltbush into shades of pale dust. To the east, the Whipple Mountains rise in jagged, serrated silhouettes against an expansive sky, their slopes devoid of soft edges or shade. Seven miles away, the vast, arid expanse of Empire Flat stretches out, while the waters of Copper Basin Reservoir wait nine miles distant, held in a basin of rock and scrub. Earp sits firmly within the borders of Unknown Park, where the silence of the high desert settles over the ground like a heavy, heat-shimmering veil.

Earp owes its name to a history of frontier lawmen and the quiet tenacity of those who settled in the wake of the mining booms. The local economy relies on the steady, deliberate pace of agricultural irrigation and the intermittent traffic of travelers moving through the basin. Earp maintains a sparse, functional character, where corrugated metal sheds and sun-faded structures stand as markers of a life tethered to the river’s unpredictable flow. There is a peculiar, stark beauty in the way the twilight renders the desert floor a deep, bruised violet, casting long shadows from the tamarisk trees that line the riverbanks. Daily life in Earp moves with the patience of the water itself, indifferent to the shifting trends of the world beyond the horizon, existing in a space where the dry wind is the only constant companion.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 167° S
Pop Harvey Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 162° S
To All the Fallen Soliders Buried Here Wall of Honor (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 142° SE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 291° W
Whipple Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.2 mi, 348° N · 80k acres
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 082° E
Whipple Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.8 mi, 013° N
Chuckwalla To Chemehuevi Tortoise Linkage Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.9 mi, 278° W
Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 8.3 mi, 110° E · 59k acres
Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.4 mi, 091° E · 19k acres
Parker Rattlesnake (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 102° E
Poston Memorial Monument (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 205° SW
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 048° NE · 9,890 acres
Pilot Rock (Viewpoint) — 17.1 mi, 002° N
Balance Rock (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 002° N
Robert McCulloch Sr. & C.V. Wood Jr. Monument (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 353° N
Hawaiyo Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 21.8 mi, 333° NW
Bouse Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 133° SE
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.6 mi, 352° N · 74k acres
Mojave Trails National Monument (National Monument) — 30.6 mi, 325° NW · 1.8M acres
Rice Shoe Fence (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 260° W
T Rocks (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 174° S
Palo Verde Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 204° SW
Port Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 41.8 mi, 204° SW
Historic Route 66 California Gateway (Attraction) — 44.1 mi, 339° N
Needles Regional Museum (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 340° N
Cool Springs Stations Museum (Museum) — 59.6 mi, 360° N
Oatman Outlaws (Theatre) — 59.7 mi, 356° N
Poki, World's Largest Desert Tortoise (Public Artwork) — 69.0 mi, 347° N
Pavilion Theater (Theatre) — 70.4 mi, 347° N

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